Boulder Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Boulder Creek had a population of 13 people.

Geography

The Dee River forms the eastern boundary of the locality. The terrain is mountainous with named peaks of Mount Victoria () at and Mount Battery () at . The land is mostly undeveloped. The watercourse Boulder Creek (after which the locality is presumably named) rises in the north of the locality and flows to the south-east of the locality where it becomes a tributary to the Dee River within the

North East Coast drainage basin The north-east coast drainage division or north-east coast basin is the area of Queensland between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Torres Strait and an arbitrary line drawn along the Queensland - New South Wales bo ...

. The Mount Victoria gold field is located within the locality at . There is a current mining lease for the site.

History

Mining camp at Mount Victoria near Mount Morgan circa 1892

The Mount Victoria mine was active in the 1880 and 1890s. Mount Victoria Provisional School opened in 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Victoria State School. It had low student numbers and closed in 1914. The school was at approx .

Demographics

In the , Boulder Creek had a population of 12 people. In the , Boulder Creek had a population of 13 people.

Education

There are no schools in Boulder Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Mount Morgan State School and

Mount Morgan State High School Mount Morgan State High School is a heritage-listed state high school and technical college at 4 Central Street, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1908. It was formerly known as Mount Morgan Technical Co ...

, both in neighbouring Mount Morgan to the north-east.

References

{{Rockhampton Region Suburbs of Rockhampton Region Localities in Queensland